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  2. This is something that keeps popping up for me. Why do you do muay thai? Whether you are just training for fun or fitness or if you are career fighter, i wanna understand why muay thai? I find myself asking if its "right" or of "net benefit" training and fighting, I'm coaching and i see loads of positives. Fitness, friendships, motivation to eat well and take care of your body. Challenging mental and physical to another level. I also see negatives from severe weight cutting, to deaths in the sport, head trauma, long term injuries. I wonder if influencing kids in the west to train or compete in muay thai is a net benefit, as well as adults. Hearing your experiences is what I'm hoping for. Good or bad. This is what i do for a living, and Ive been doing some soul searching lately.
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  3. There's a female only section on this forum which is very helpful for women training muay thai. But for a long time I've been wondering about issues men face in the gym. Where I train there are mainly guys. Young boys up to very experienced fighters. I watch them train and spar and bond. I see escalated aggression. Frustration. Inexperienced boys being pushed around learning to control the temper. I see bromance. I see all this touching (is this a thai or universal thing stroking each other's butts?). I see language confusion. Dominance. I see guys being laughed at for being chubby. I see guys not knowing how to clinch with a girl or whether to go hard when sparring. I see westerners trying to seek approval from thai trainers. I would be very interested to hear about common struggles men face in the gym.
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  4. You might be able to get a bus/minivan straight from Suvarnabhumi, although probably not as cheap as from Ekkamai, like Tyler suggested. What sort of food were you planning to cook? Unless you're planning to live off instant noodles the whole time, it's probably not worth your while with street food being so affordable (and delicious).
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  5. There are a few threads on this if you do a search Chris. I don't remember if any of them are Pattaya specific, but I wrote one up for Bangkok a while ago that should be pretty comparable. Just be aware that most cheap places to live won't have any area to cook in. If you get a cheap place to live you are probably going to be stuck buying street food or from a restaurant. I would plan on flying into Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) and taking a bus from Ekkamai to Pattaya. I believe that bus station is the Eastern station, but I'm not sure. It's super easy to find though, its at the base of the Ekkamai BTS station. A ticket is only like 120-130 baht.
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  6. If you find a place that is pet friendly you could always volunteer to foster cats/dogs. There is a Facebook group called Bangkok Pet Lovers and they are always in need of people to foster animals.
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  7. Agreeing with this, you could take the MRT to Chatuchak. I tried FA group and the trainers, especially Kru Diesel, are great. They also usually have girls training of various sizes. Lots of clinching. They have a photographer coming each afternoon so it's easy to follow current clientele on Facebook. I went to a different gym as their training schedule didn't match mine. I must say I felt the vibe was a bit off when I was there but could've been my own projection or just the people training there at that time.
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  8. I'm fighting tonight, Wednesday the 28th, in Chiang Mai. I don't know where I am on the card yet, but probably around 10:30 PM Thai Time I should be in the ring
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